THE MISSION
ENT30014 Social Innovation Internship is an elective unit that provides experiential learning on social enterprise and community work. It serves as a platform for academics and students to work together in improving the well-being of our community.
Winter Term, 2018
Our community partner is Breakthrough Network Centre, a non-profit organisation that provides welfare support to persons of limited means and resources.
Fieldwork
Constructing a single-storey house for Kuzin Chabu
Students will work with Breakthrough volunteers to construct a single-storey house for Mr. Kuzin Chabu, located at Stutong Baru Resettlement Scheme.
Consulting Project
Financial Empowerment of Women through Community Entrepreneurship
Students will work in groups to explore innovative strategies to engage house-bound women in economically productive work as means for empowerment and supplementing household income.
The Journey
Over a period of 6 weeks, students will participate in workshops, a consulting project and field-work.
- The workshops will be conducted by guest speakers and faculty members, covering issues related to operations and leadership for social enterprise, as well as community needs assessment.
- The unit’s major assessment component is a consulting project that requires students to work in teams, in analysing and recommending actions to address a specific issue faced by the project partner.
- The fieldwork involves working with the project partner at locations outside campus.
Assessments
Consulting Project
Group Task (40 marks)
Students will work in groups to analyse a specific problem faced by the project partner and recommend solutions, backed by analysis and data.
Presentation
Group Task (20 marks)
Each student group to do a presentation of the consulting project findings and recommendations.
Logbook
Individual Task (40 marks)
Each student will maintain a logbook of the activities that s/he was involved in, the skills that were developed and the areas where improvement is desired.
Past Projects
Borneo Build Blitz
Winter Term, 2014
Our first project involved constructing 14 houses on a 1.25 acre site at Jalan Stephen Yong. The project coincided with the Borneo Build Blitz, the largest home-building project undertaken by our community partner Habitat for Humanity in Malaysia. We spent six weeks preparing the concrete foundation and exterior walls of the houses. We were later joined by more than 500 local and overseas volunteers, who completed the houses in six days.
A new home for the Intang family
Winter Term, 2015
In our second project with Habitat for Humanity, we constructed a single storey two-bedroom house for the Intang family at Kampung Mureng, Mile 12.
A healing garden for Wishesland
Winter Term, 2016
We work with Wisheland Kuching to construct a healing garden for children with cerebral palsy.
Store house for Sarawak Cheshire Home
Winter Term, 2017
We work with Breakthrough Network to construct a store house for residents of Sarawak Cheshire Home.
Single-storey house for Entuny Jilin
Winter Term, 2018
We work with Breakthrough Network to construct a house for Mr. Entuny Jilin, located at Stutong Baru Resettlement Scheme.
Gallery
Photos from current and past projects
